Political writings / Simone de Beauvoir ; edited by Margaret A. Simons and Marybeth Timmermann ; foreword by Sylvie Le Bon de Beauvoir.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Beauvoir, Simone de, 1908-1986

Contributor:

Simons, Margaret A.

Timmermann, Marybeth.

Series:

Beauvoir, Simone de, 1908-1986. Selections. English. 2004. University of Illinois Press Works.

The Beauvoir series

Standardized Title:

Works. Selections. English. 2012

Language:

English

French

Physical Description:

x, 394 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Urbana : University of Illinois Press, [2012]

Summary:

This work collects political essays written over the course of 30 years by French existentialist philosopher Simone de Beauvoir (1908-1986). The essays highlight her leftist political leanings, with some dating from before her writings on existentialist ethics and before her classic feminist work, "The Second Sex." Each essay is introduced by a different contributor in philosophy, French, or English. The first chapter offers a group of shorter essays of political reporting from Spain, Portugal, and the US. The rest of the book consists of chapter-length essays. Two of the essays in the collection are translated for the first time: a 1947 article written for an American newspaper, anda transcription of a 1974 documentary film on the treatment of the elderly, written and produced by Simone de Beauvoir in collaboration with others. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Contents:

Introduction / Margaret A. Simons

Political reporting from Spain, Portugal, and the United States / introduction by Eleanore Holveck

Must we burn sade? / introduction by Debra Bergoffen

Right-wing thought today / introduction by Sonia Kruks

Merleau-ponty and pseudo-sartreanism / introduction by William Wilkerson

Preface to Djamila Boupacha / introduction by Julien S. Murphy

In France today, killing goes unpunished / introduction by Karen L. Shelby

Essays on Israel and the holocaust / introduction by Susan Rubin Suleiman

A walk through the land of old age / introduction by Oliver Davis.

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780252036941

0252036948

OCLC:

759910014